Nana-komachi

Taniguchi, 1912, Chinka Kyōkan: Leaves ovate to broadly-elliptic, apex acuminate, margins obscurely crenate, petioles glabrous. Flowers single, 9cm across, 5-6 petals, pink (crimson 22/3) heavily striped with deep rose (crimson 22) petals strongly and minutely wrinkled. Stamens circular, about 150 with light yellow anthers. (Tuyama, 1968). See colour photos: Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.337, p.170; Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.161, p.55; Hiratsuka, 1964, Higo Camellia, p.40, description, p.38. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.344, p.142. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.107. The name is the title of a Yōkyoku drama about a famous beauty and poet of ancient times and her eventual descent into extreme decrepitude. Corruption of the name: ‘Nana Lomachi’. Different reading: ‘Shichikomachi’. Pseudonym for Chiyoda-nishiki. Origi­nated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Chinese synonym ‘Qixiaoding’.

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第165页。日本熊本一带，属肥后茶（Hi-go)类。花白色至淡粉红色，有红色宽条纹，单瓣型，中型花，花瓣5〜6枚，卵圆形，平铺，边缘略皱褶，雄蕊散射，花丝和花药均为黄色，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，长椭圆形，光亮，植株开张，生长旺盛。花期中至晚。

保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.212.　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.289.       文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.177.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.324. 【花】桃地に紅の縦絞りが僅に入る、一重、平開咲き、輪芯、 中輪、3〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】横張り性。【来 歴】1912年（明45)の「肥後銘鑑」に記載がある古くからの品種。写/桐野、文/大藪。